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Historical Event on 9/29/1708

British East India Company and New East India company merged.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1960Ranchi University was established.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
2/4/1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
10/18/1980The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.